telling family and friends you can take the serious approach and explain that in the past you experienced a bout of mental illness and stuff you read on the internet convinced you that transitioning was essential to your well being youve now realised that transitioning wasnt the answer and your taking your life back and going off testosterone funny approach i went a bit mental and thought i should be a guy oops im really a woman damn the internet birth name if you really dont like it or it makes you anxious then choose a name that you do like